Scapegoat, ii. 182-217; animal employed as a, ii. 189-191, 194 _sq._; human, ii. 191 _sq._; dog used as a, ii. 194, 195; Tibetan ceremony of the, ii. 197, 198; divine, ii. 199-201, 205; cow and bull as, ii. 201, 202; use of, in classical antiquity, ii. 208-217; reason for beating the, ii. 213-215 Schaumburg, Easter fires in, ii. 253 Schluckenau, Shrovetide custom in, i. 244 Scotland, representation of spring in the Highlands of, i. 97; iron as a charm in, i. 175, 176; harvest custom in, i. 339, 345; cowherd clothed in cow’s hide in the Highlands of, ii. 145, 146; midsummer fires in, ii. 264, 265 Scythian kings put in bonds in times of scarcity, i. 46 Sea-lion, respect for the, ii. 111 Seal, respect for the, ii. 111 Self-immolation, i. 216, 224 Semites, sacrifice of children by the, i. 235; the king’s son sacrificed, _ib._; worship of Adonis, i. 279 Senegambia, the Python clan in, ii. 95; soul detention among the Sereres of, i. 139 Senjero, first-born sacrificed in, i. 236, 237 Servia, rain-making in, i. 16; torchlight procession in, ii. 266 Seven Oaks, May-day custom in, i. 76 Sex-totems in Australia, ii. 334-337 Shadow, the soul in the, i. 141-149 Shamans, the, sacrifice their chief on account of pestilence, i. 48 Shans, expulsion of the fire-spirit by the, ii. 178, 179 Shark Point the home of the priestly King Kukulu, i. 112 Sharp instruments supposed to wound spirits, i. 176, 177 Sheaf, the last, various names given to, and ceremonies in connection with, i. 336-338, 340-346, 408; ii. 4, 7, 8, 68 Shepherd’s Isle, precautions taken against strangers in, i. 152, 153 Shetland seamen and wind buying, i. 27 Shropshire, “Neck” the name given to the last handful of corn in, i. 407, 408; harvest custom, ii. 24, 25; sin-eating in, ii. 155 Shrovetide Bear, i. 254, 255 —— customs, i. 96, 244, 270; ii. 29, 250, 254-257, 283 Siam, soul superstition in, i. 59; mode of royal executions in, i. 179, 180; superstition concerning the head, i. 187, 188; temporary king of, i. 229; banishment of demons in, ii. 178; human scapegoats in, ii. 196; the external soul in Siamese story, ii. 304, 305 Siberian sable hunters, ii. 115, 116 Sicily, Gardens of Adonis in, i. 294, 295 Silenus both a wood and corn spirit, ii. 35; representation of, _ib._ Silesia, driving out Death in, i. 260; “carrying out Death” in, i. 267; bringing back summer in, i. 263; harvest custom in, i. 336, 346; ii. 8 Silvanus both a wood and corn spirit, ii. 35 Sin-bearers, ii. 151, 152 Sin-eating, ii. 154-157 “Sinew which shrank,” abstinence from the, ii. 126-128 Skye, harvest festival in, ii. 14; Beltane fires in, ii. 255, 256 Slaves sacrificed, i. 251, 252